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In Defense of Dolphins: The New Moral Frontier is a groundbreaking book in which philosopher Thomas White argues that the scientific evidence is now strong enough to support the claim that dolphins are, like humans, self-aware, intelligent beings with emotions, personalities and the capacity to control their actions. Accordingly,  White also concludes that, from an ethical perspective, the injury, deaths and captivity of dolphins at the hands of humans are wrong.

Looking at everything from the structure of the dolphin brain, to cetacean emotional abilities and social intelligence, and the implications of the fact that humans and dolphins have dramatically different evolutionary histories, In Defense of Dolphins explores the idea that, in the person of dolphins, humans have truly encountered an “alien intelligence.”

REISSUED/BUDGET EDITION

I AM WORKING ON UPDATING THIS BOOK. BUT SINCE THE ORIGINAL EDITION IS CURRENTLY OUT OF PRINT, I’M REISSUING A BUDGET E-BOOK VERSION. I’M ALSO INCLUDING MY ESSAY, “WHALES, DOLPHINS AND ETHICS: A PRIMER.” IT IS AVAILABLE FOR KINDLE FOR $9.99. CLICK HERE.